UNITED STATES v. GEORGE LABONTE, ALFRED LAWRENCE HUNNEWELL, AND STEPHEN DYER (1997) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. GEORGE LABONTE, ALFRED LAWRENCE HUNNEWELL, AND STEPHEN DYER

Term: 1996
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1997
Decided: May 27, 1997
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. GEORGE LABONTE, ALFRED LAWRENCE HUNNEWELL, AND STEPHEN DYER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1997. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1997.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 520 U.S. 751
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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